litecoin/doc/release-process.md

Release Process

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###update (commit) version in sources

bitcoin-qt.pro
contrib/verifysfbinaries/verify.sh
doc/README*
share/setup.nsi
src/clientversion.h (change CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE to true)

###tag version in git

git tag -s v0.8.7

###write release notes. git shortlog helps a lot, for example:

git shortlog --no-merges v0.7.2..v0.8.0

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##perform gitian builds

From a directory containing the litecoin source, gitian-builder and gitian.sigs

export SIGNER=(your gitian key, ie bluematt, sipa, etc)
export VERSION=0.8.7
cd ./gitian-builder

Fetch and build inputs: (first time, or when dependency versions change)

mkdir -p inputs; cd inputs/
wget 'http://miniupnp.free.fr/files/download.php?file=miniupnpc-1.9.20140401.tar.gz' -O miniupnpc-1.9.20140401.tar.gz'
wget 'https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1i.tar.gz'
wget 'http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz'
wget 'http://zlib.net/zlib-1.2.8.tar.gz'
wget 'ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/libpng/png/src/history/libpng16/libpng-1.6.8.tar.gz'
wget 'http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/qrencode-3.4.3.tar.bz2'
wget 'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.55.0/boost_1_55_0.tar.bz2'
wget 'http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/qt/4.8/4.8.5/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.5.tar.gz'
cd ..
./bin/gbuild ../litecoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/boost-win32.yml
mv build/out/boost-*.zip inputs/
./bin/gbuild ../litecoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/deps-win32.yml
mv build/out/bitcoin*.zip inputs/
./bin/gbuild ../litecoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/qt-win32.yml
mv build/out/qt*.zip inputs/

Build litecoind and litecoin-qt on Linux32, Linux64, and Win32:

./bin/gbuild --commit litecoin=v${VERSION} ../litecoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION} --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../litecoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
pushd build/out
zip -r litecoin-${VERSION}-linux.zip *
mv litecoin-${VERSION}-linux.zip ../../
popd
./bin/gbuild --commit litecoin=v${VERSION} ../litecoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml
./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-win32 --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../litecoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml
pushd build/out
zip -r litecoin-${VERSION}-win32.zip *
mv litecoin-${VERSION}-win32.zip ../../
popd

Build output expected:

1. linux 32-bit and 64-bit binaries + source (litecoin-${VERSION}-linux-gitian.zip)
2. windows 32-bit binary, installer + source (litecoin-${VERSION}-win32-gitian.zip)
3. Gitian signatures (in gitian.sigs/${VERSION}[-win32]/(your gitian key)/

repackage gitian builds for release as stand-alone zip/tar/installer exe

Linux .tar.gz:

unzip litecoin-${VERSION}-linux-gitian.zip -d litecoin-${VERSION}-linux
tar czvf litecoin-${VERSION}-linux.tar.gz litecoin-${VERSION}-linux
rm -rf litecoin-${VERSION}-linux

Windows .zip and setup.exe:

unzip litecoin-${VERSION}-win32-gitian.zip -d litecoin-${VERSION}-win32
mv litecoin-${VERSION}-win32/litecoin-*-setup.exe .
zip -r litecoin-${VERSION}-win32.zip bitcoin-${VERSION}-win32
rm -rf litecoin-${VERSION}-win32

Perform Mac build:

OSX binaries are created on a dedicated 32-bit, OSX 10.6.8 machine. Litecoin 0.8.x is built with MacPorts. 0.9.x will be Homebrew only.

qmake RELEASE=1 USE_UPNP=1 USE_QRCODE=1
make
export QTDIR=/opt/local/share/qt4  # needed to find translations/qt_*.qm files
T=$(contrib/qt_translations.py $QTDIR/translations src/qt/locale)
python2.7 share/qt/clean_mac_info_plist.py
python2.7 contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus Litecoin-Qt.app -add-qt-tr $T -dmg -fancy contrib/macdeploy/fancy.plist

Build output expected: Litecoin-Qt.dmg

###Next steps:

• Code-sign Windows -setup.exe (in a Windows virtual machine) and OSX Bitcoin-Qt.app (Note: only Gavin has the code-signing keys currently)

• update litecoin.org version make sure all OS download links go to the right versions

• update forum version

• update wiki download links

Commit your signature to gitian.sigs:

pushd gitian.sigs
git add ${VERSION}/${SIGNER}
git add ${VERSION}-win32/${SIGNER}
git commit -a
git push  # Assuming you can push to the gitian.sigs tree
popd